Rate My Professor Caitlin Maling

Maling has authored five poetry collections: Spore or Seed (Fremantle Press, 2023), Fish Work (UWA Publishing, 2021), Fish Song (Fremantle Press, 2019), Border Crossing (Fremantle Press, 2017), and Conversations I’ve Never Had (Fremantle Press, 2015). Her poetry and essays have appeared in journals such as Westerly, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE), Meanjin, Australian Poetry Journal, and Cordite. Notable peer-reviewed publications include 'A Western Australian Pastoral of Rust and Dust' (ISLE, 2021), 'The Boy in the Bird, the Poem in the Parrot' (Westerly, 2022), and the 2021 Randolph Stow Memorial Lecture 'Mostly Private Letters' (Westerly, 2021). She has received numerous awards, including shortlistings for the Prime Minister’s Book Awards for Poetry (2023), Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards Fellowship (2022, 2020), Dorothy Hewett Award (2020, highly commended), Val Vallis Award (2016), and Mary Gilmore Prize (2016). Fellowships and grants include the Marten Bequest (2017–2020, $50,000), Australia Council Individual Project Grant (2020–21, $10,000), and multiple Department of Culture and the Arts (WA) grants totaling over $65,000. Residencies at Yaddo, Varuna, VCCA, and Santa Fe Art Institute have supported her work. Her contributions extend to public lectures and editorial features in literary journals.